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Letter to the Editor| Volume 41, ISSUE 4, P402-403, October 2011

A Key Film

      Foreign bodies in the gastrointestinal tract are usually the result of accidental swallowing, especially in children, adults with mental disorders, and the elderly (
      • Blaho K.E.
      • Merigian K.S.
      • Winbery S.L.
      • Park L.J.
      • Cockrell M.
      Foreign body ingestions in the Emergency Department: case reports and review of treatment.
      ,
      • Uyemura M.C.
      Foreign body ingestion in children.
      ). We report a successfully removed case of an ingested key that was identified by a “key” film.
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